Genesis 37:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.”
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“Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 37:36 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 25:1Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
- Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Genesis 39:1Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
- Genesis 40:4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- 2 Kings 25:8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- Esther 1:10On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
- Isaiah 56:3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- Daniel 2:14When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.
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